CHAZ was such a bizarre fever dream
Comment on It is very therapeutic to garden, though.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Where’s that 4chan post where all the BLM rioters tried to set up a new community in Seattle or something. Then they had everyone give there skills and what that want to do in the new world, everyone was saying they can grow food. Then there was the crappest plot of veggies I have ever seen.
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For an entire community space without any centralised leadership that lasted about one calendar month, the garden looked alright:
crosscut.com/…/seattles-chaz-community-garden-tak…
Aux@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Alright? That’s the saddest “garden” I’ve ever seen!
Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
There was definitely a crappier looking photo than that.
It looks like an abandoned building plot, a small one.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wow, 4chan would post a bad photo of something people on the left did?
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I recall the one you’re thinking of, but did not find it. This is a textbook case of how photography is just another aspect of journalism that can be very biased depending on what you decide to show and the context in which you place it.
For my part, isn’t it more interesting to know that it was started by a scholar of energy and sustainability who used the opportunity to promote gardening skills and raise awareness of the history and politics of land use rights?
Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
There is a whole thing about land use rights and energy and sustainability. But just because one guy was right on that doesn’t mean the whole movement wasn’t a complete disaster from the start.
As much as this website hates capitalism I’m still pro capitalist. But even I admit a lot needs to be changed. Land is one of the big things I have been contemplating lately. Having said that, there wont be any meaningful food production in cities for anything but mental health reasons.